For anyone who writes comedy, makes comedy, loves comedy, or just has an interest in comedians and what makes them so annoying.

31 – Heath “Chopper” Franklin

Posted 6 years ago on March 5th, 2013.

Heath Franklin performs stand-up as his alter-ego “Chopper”, a caricature of Australia’s infamous career criminal and self-promoter. We explore the careful path Heath treads to avoid encouraging fans of the real thing, and instead make the character a victim of his own rage. We also uncover the challenges faced by a talented comic phasing out a successful character, in the search for richer pickings from his own identity…